title: Partial splenectomy for symptomatic splenic hamartoma.
abstract: Lower pole splenectomy with preservation of residual splenic function was successfully performed in a 3-year-old boy with a symptomatic splenic hamartoma. Following resection, several of the patient's constitutional symptoms resolved. This is the first reported case of a splenic hamartoma treated by partial splenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Havlik
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Touloukian
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Markowitz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buckley
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000379:methods; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*